For four months, Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit were the locations for the FMV CUP 2016, which ended on Saturday May 28 with the closing of the Laser Master's Standard World Championship, event where Mexico was crowned champion in the "Apprentice” category, while the brothers Alejandro Rabago and Pablo Rabago got the third position at the same category.
The six days competition at Riviera Nayarit culminating in a great awards by Giovanni Aloi Timeus, President of the Mexican Sailing Federation, and Jeff Martin, President of the International Association of Laser Class, who declared: " The surprise in this world championship was the Race Committee found in Mexico, at such difficult situations like handle four fleets on a single track, I must to say they have the same or better level than what we had in London 2012".
The 2016 GC32 Racing Tour starts at mid-May start, where the Armin Strom Sailing Team has announced a new crew that combines experienced sailors and young talent. They will seek, along with other nine teams, to be crowned with the GC32 Racing Tour title of this year.
Banderas Bay in Riviera Nayarit, hosted the "Women's Laser Radial World Championship", with seven days of competition where the best 72 sailors from 32 countries strove to get the best place at the top.
The annual sailing regatta at the Caribbean sponsored by Richard Mille, just celebrated its seventh edition this April 2016. Les Voiles de St. Barth brought together 1,100 sailors and 70 participants in four days of racing, where the Grand Prix winner was an RM 60-01 Automatic Chronograph Flyback Regatta.
Omar Camarena Gonzalez, Secretary of Tourism of Nayarit State, along with the president of the International Association of Laser Class (ILCA), Jeff Martin and Luis Barrios, president of the Laser Class Association in Mexico, gave the startin signal this April 14, 2016 for the Women's Laser Radial World Championship 2016.
Azimut has provided a preview of what it looks like Azimut Grande 35 Metri, the new model announced for this 2016 by the Italian shipyard.
A six day event on board of Dragon boats start today, where men and woman from the globe compete at this high performance championshimps. From Mach 23 to March 28, the Australian Dragon Boat championships joins the Asian championships (March 29-March 31), which are the prevent events to the world championships in West Lakes, capital of South Australia of Adelaide.
With a grand opening, animated by a show by Cirque du Soleil and sailors of Riviera Nayarit, started the Banderas Bay Regatta, which brought together about 180 sailors and 26 ships -from Canada, Mexico and the United States- at the Vallarta Yacht Club.
The traditional seamanship Mexorc 2016, finished last weekend with a great closing. With almost 300 sailors and 15 ships from the United States and Mexico, "The Sailing Paradise" provided a memorable experience with very close results and great passion moments.